It’s sometimes hard to believe that my other half left this earth 4 years ago. I know that he continues to rest in peace while watching over our son and me. My love now and always, Markell Johnson, 10/20/75-6/9/12.

It’s been on my mind to share this for quite a few months now, and today seemed quite appropriate. If you can spare a few minutes, please read and give the little heart in the bottom corner a click.

“STOP! Read This Before You Post Another RIP on Social Media

Grieving in the technology age is uncharted territory. I’ll take you back to Saturday, June 9, 2012. At 8:20 AM, my 36 year old husband was pronounced dead at a hospital just outside Washington, D.C. By 9:20 AM, my cell phone would not stop ringing or text alerting me long enough for me to make the necessary calls that I needed to make. People like immediate family, primary care doctors to discuss death certificates and autopsies, funeral homes to discuss picking him up, and so on. Real things, important things, time sensitive, urgent things.”

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